Some Of My
Favourite Verses from “Of Wisdom” from the 2nd treasury of Kahlil
Gibran
Knowledge and understanding are
life’s faithful companions who will never prove
untrue to you. For knowledge is your crown, and
understanding your staff; and when
they are with you, you can possess
no greater treasures.
He who understands you is greater
kin to you than your own brother.
For even your
own kindred may neither understand
you nor know your true worth.
Friendship with the ignorant is as
foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
A little knowledge that acts
is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is
idle.
If your knowledge teaches you not
the value of things, and frees you not from the
bondage to matter, you shall never
come near the throne of Truth.
If
your knowledge teaches you not to rise above human weakness and misery and lead
your fellow man on the right path, you are indeed a man of little worth and will
remain such till Judgement Day.
Learn the words of wisdom uttered by
the wise and apply them in your own life. Live
them – but do not make a show of
reciting them, for he who repeats what he does not
understand, is no better than the
ass that is loaded with books.